Question Authority
When I began work at Growing Without Schooling magazine in 1981 it was clear from the materials John Holt sold that he intended GWS to be a practical resource for parents and learners, as well as provide the intellectual, legal, and social groundwork for a new option to conventional education. Holt provided resources, research, support, and personal stories to give ordinary people the courage, ways, and means to teach their own children. When I first browsed through the John Holt Book and Music Store catalog I was shocked by titles like How to Raise a Healthy Child In Spite of Your Doctor, How to Play Piano Despite Years of Lessons, Teach Your Own, Anything School Can Do You Can Do Better, Equal Rights for Children, Escape From Childhood, Caring For Your Own Dead, Giving Up the Gun, Deschooling Society . . . but I soon appreciated their appeal to people who sought ways to live well in an increasingly standardized, technological world that treats education as a mass-produced product that requires force-feeding in school.
In 1981 it was nearly impossible to purchase school materials or textbooks for homeschooling use, so we had to rely on conventional bookstores and used bookstores (there were many of both then), third-party sources, public libraries, college libraries, textbook depositories, mail-order catalogs, and word of mouth to locate them. John Holt saw this need and addressed it by creating John Holt’s Book and Music Store, a mail-order catalog, built around books and materials parents could use with their children, as well as many items that can be used by children on their own.
This reading list contains the majority of materials we sold during our 31 years of business (I’ll add more as I discover what I missed), and some of them are undoubtedly dated. For instance, there is but one computer program in the whole catalog, but this isn’t surprising since the catalog ended in 2001, just as educational software via Internet began to establish itself. However, just seeing the titles and reading their blurbs can give you ideas of more recent, similar things you and your children would enjoy reading or using. When you click on the item and go to its description you may discover that the book or product has been updated for the 21st century, or that it is perfectly useful in its original edition, which I think is more often the case than not.
How Did You Homeschool Without the Internet?
This question comes up when I speak with new homeschoolers, who often marvel at all the curricula, testing services, and resources available online for homeschoolers and wonder how we could unschool our children without Minecraft, Kahn Academy, and so on. This list provides part of the answer, and reading the personal stories from parents and children that fill the back issues of Growing Without Schooling magazine provides another part of the answer. Of course, this isn’t the whole story for homeschooling; the “turn your home into a miniature school” wing of the movement is much larger than the unschooling, self-directed education wing. But for people who want to help their children develop in their own ways, by creating an education that fits each child and gets adjusted as growth and development occur, this reading list can give you many ideas.
The thing to remember is the internet, like this list, is simply a tool for you to use, a means to an end. I hope you will use this reading list not just to locate particular items, but also to spur your thoughts about what is possible with your children. For instance, have you considered teaching yourself and/or your children a musical instrument or how to sing in harmony? How about learning a foreign language by reading well-known comic books like Tintin or classic fairy tales in Spanish or German? What about giving children lots of time to learn about teamwork, math, and construction by building their own large-scale climbing structures? These are just some ideas you can glean from this list.
I hope that by consulting this list you can unschool your mind about what you and your children can do at home and in your community, and see many more possibilities for learning than simply enrolling in another class.
I hope you enjoy these unschooling resources, many originally recommended and reviewed by John Holt in the pages of Growing Without Schooling magazine, and that you’ll share updates and ideas for new additions to this list with me.
Patrick Farenga
President, HoltGWS, www.johnholtgws.com
NOTE:
An asterisk (*) next to an entry means that title was imported or independently published and can be especially difficult to find today. I provide hyperlinks to online sites as a convenience to you to learn more about the book or product. Some links go directly to a seller and I do not receive any compensation for linking to them. However, many links will take you to Amazon.com, where your purchase helps keep the Holt site paying its bills. Thanks for your support!
Copyright 2014 by HoltGWS LLC
ALTERNATIVES TO COLLEGE
“And What About College?” How Homeschooling Leads to Admissions to the Best Colleges and Universities, Cafi Cohen
Bear’s Guide to Earning College Degrees Nontraditionally, John Bear, ed.
*Careers Without College, Ann Russo
College Degrees by Mail and Internet, John Bear
Cracking the S.A.T., Princeton Review
The Day I Became an Autodidact, Kendall Hailey
Earn College Credit For What You Know, Lois Lamdin
The Question is College, Herb Kohl
Your Hidden Credentials, Peter Smith
ART
Alphabet Art: Thirteen ABC's from Around the World, Leonard Fisher
Art From Many Hands: Multicultural Art Projects, Jo Miles Schuman
The Art Lesson, Tomie De Paola
Craft Supply Sourcebook, Margaret Boyd
Cray Pas (Jumbo Size for little hands)
The Doll Book, Karin Neuschutz
Drawing On The Right Side of The Brain, Betty Edwards
Drawing With Children: A Creative Method for Adult Beginners Too, Mona Brookes
*Faces of Greece: A Permanent Calendar, M. &J Sadoway
A Family, Carl Larson
*Good Impressions Rubber Stamp Catalog
*The Great Composer Calendar, Bellerophon Books
A Home, Carl Larson
*Individual Chalkboard
Making Things, Anne Wiseman
Modeling Beeswax, Stockmar
Mommy, It’s a Renoir! Art Postcards and Handbook, Aline Wolf
Pentel Fine Point Felt Pens (Set of 36 assorted colors)
Pentel Water Colors (Set of 12 assorted colors in tubes)
Sakura Water Colors (Set of 18 assorted colors in tubes)
Sandtiquity, Simo, Wells, and Wells
*Sta-Tite Printing Kit, Cosco Inc. c.
BABIES
The Amazing Newborn, Marshall & Phyllis Klaus
*A Baby Learns What Is What, Susan and Howard Richman
The Biography of a Baby, Millicent Shinn
Birth Reborn, Michel Odent
Childbirth With Insight, Elizabeth Noble
Oh Boy! Babies, Herzog and Mali
CHILDREN & LEARNING
The Acorn People, Ron Jones
An American Childhood, Annie Dillard
*Born To Love, Joann Grohman
*The Best of Boomerang! The Children’s Audio Magazine About Big Ideas, Boomerang
Child’s Work: Taking Children’s Choices Seriously, Nancy Wallace
Compelling Belief: The Culture of American Schooling, Stephen Arons
The Continuum Concept: In Search of Happiness Lost, Jean Liedloff
Creating Learning Communities: Models, Resources, and New Ways of Thinking About Teaching and Learning, Ron Miller, ed.
Deschooling Society, Ivan Illich
Dialogues With Children, Gareth Matthews
A Different Kind of Teacher: Solving the Crisis of American Schooling, John T. Gatto
Dumbing Us Down: The Hidden Curriculum of Compulsory Schooling, John T. Gatto
Equal Rights For Children, Howard Cohen
Essays Into Literacy, Frank Smith
*Everyone Is Able: Exploding the Myth of Learning Disabilities, Susannah Sheffer, ed.
A Free Range Childhood: Self-Regulation at Summerhill School, Matthew Appleton
*Generally Speaking, Ronald Macaulay
Good Stuff: Learning Tools for All Ages, Rebecca Rupp
Growing Up Absurd, Paul Goodman
Growing With Your Children, Herb Kohl
How To Survive In Your Native Land, James Herndon
In Their Own Way: Discovering and Encouraging Your Child’s Multiple Intelligences, Thomas Armstrong.
Insult to Intelligence: The Bureaucratic Invasion of Our Classrooms, Frank Smith
*Kids: Day In, Day Out, Elizabeth Scharlatt
The Lives of Children, George Dennison
The Long Haul: An Autobiography, Myles Horton
The Myth of the A.D.D. Child: 50 Ways to Improve Your Child's Behavior and Attention Span without Drugs, Labels, or Coercion, Dr. Thomas Armstrong
The Myth of The Hyperactive Child, Peter Schrag & Diane Divoky
The Naked Children, Daniel Fader
No Contest: The Case Against Competition, Alfie Kohn
None of the Above, David Owen
Obedience To Authority, Stanley Milgram
Punished by Rewards: The trouble with Gold Stars, Incentive Plans, A’s, Praise, and Other Bribes, Alife Kohn
*Reading and Loving, Leila Berg
*Sharing Treasures: Book Reviews by John Holt, Patrick Farenga, ed.
Society, State, and Schools: A Case for Structural and Confessional Pluralism, The Calvin Center
Totto Chan: The Little Girl in the Window, Tetsuko Kutoyanagi
*Troubled Children: A Fresh Look At School Phobia, Patricia Knox
The Underground History of American Education: A School Teacher's Intimate Investigation Into the Problem of Modern Schooling, John T. Gatto
Uptaught: A Professor Discovers His Students on the Way to a New University, Ken MacRorie
Wally's Stories: Conversations in the Kindergarten, Vivian Paley
Why We Do What We Do: Understanding Self-Motivation, Edward Deci
The Way It Spozed To Be, James Herndon
We Have To Call It School: A Documentary Film about the Danish Ny Lilleskole, Peggy Hughes
*Young Children: Natural Learners, A Growing Without Schooling (GWS) Supplement
FACTS & SCIENCE
*All New Dinosaurs, R. Long & S. Welles
Amateur Naturalist's Handbook, Vinson Brown
The Anatomy Coloring Book, Wynn Kapit & Lawrence Elson
Asimov On Physics, Isaac Asimov
The Atlas of the Human Body, Takeo Takahashi
Batteries and Magnets (A Know How Book), Heather Amery
The Botany Coloring Book, Paul Young
Castle, David Macaulay
Chemistry Experiments For Children, Virginia Mullin
Conceptual Physics, Paul Hewitt
Detective Science: 40 Crime-Solving, Case-Breaking, Crook-Catching Activities for Kids, Jim Wiese
Digging Dinosaurs: The Search That Unraveled the Mystery of Baby Dinosaurs, J. Horner and J. Gorman
Explorabook: A Kid's Science Museum in a Book, John Cassidy and the Exploratorium
The Facts of Life, R.D. Laing
A Field Guide To Dinosaurs, David Lambert
The Flying Circus of Physics with Answers, Jearl Walker
Fossil Factory: A Kid's Guide to Digging up Dinosaurs, Exploring Evolution, and Finding Fossils, Niles Eldredge
Fun With Electronics, J.G. McPherson
The Geography Coloring Book, Wynn Kapit
Golden Guide and Field Guide Series, Herbert Zim, editor:
Birds of North America (A Guide to Field Identification)
Rocks and Minerals (A Guide to Field Identification)
Trees of North America (A Guide to Field Identification)
Wildflowers (A Guide to Field Identification)
How To Lie With Statistics, Darrel Huff
The Human Brain Coloring Book, Marion Diamond & Arthur Scheibel
Kon-Tiki, Thor Heyerdahl
Legal Research: How to Find and Understand the Law, Stephan Elias
Lives of A Cell: Notes of a Biology Watcher, Lewis Thomas
The Marine Biology Coloring Book, Thomas Niesen
Mr. Halley's Comet, Sky & Telescope
Nomadic Furniture, J. Hennessey & V. Papanek
Oxford Picture Dictionary of American English, Ed Parnwell, ed.
Physics Experiments For Children, Muriel Mandell
Pint-Size Science: Finding-Out Fun for You and Your Young Child, Linda Weston
A Sand County Almanac, Aldo Leopold
Saving The Peregrine Falcon, Caroline Arnold
Science Experiments You Can Eat, Vicki Cobb
*Smith & Hawken's Catalog of Gardening Tools
Spotter's Handbook: Flowers, Trees, & Birds of North America, Michael Ruggeno
Tops, Bernie Zubrowski
The Tracker, Tom Brown
Underground, David Macaulay
Using A Law Library: A Citizen's Legal Manual, HALT
Walk In The Rain Forest, K.J. Pratt
The Way Things Work, David Macauley
The Weather Companion: An Album of Meterological History, Science, and Folklores, Gary Lockhart
"What Do You Care What Other People Think?": Further Adventures of a Curious Character, Richard Feynma
FOR A CHANGING WORLD
Changing Nature of Man: Introduction to a Historical Psychology, J.H. van den Berg
Grassroots Fundraising, Joan Flanagan
*Guide To Home Energy, Mother Earth News, issue #18
Man's Search For Meaning, Victor Frankl
Material World: A Global Family Portrait, Peter Menzel
Possum Living: How to Live Well Without a Job and with (Almost) No Money, Dolly Freed
Small Is Possible, George McRobie
Tomorrow Is Our Permanent Address: The Search for an Ecological Science of Design As Embodied in the Bioshelter, Nancy & John Todd
Tools For Conviviality, Ivan lllich
Unjobbing: The Adult Liberation Handbook, Michael Fogler
Toward A History of Needs, Ivan Illich
Weapons and Hope, Freeman Dyson
Your Money or Your Life: Transforming Your Relationship with Money and Achieving Financial Independence, Joe Dominquez and Vicki Robin
FOR CHILDREN... AND ADULTS
Aleutian Boy, Ethel Ross Oliver
Alice In Wonderland & Through The Looking Glass, Lewis Carroll, annotated by Martin Gardner
All-of-A-Kind Family, Sydney Taylor
All Sail Set: A Romance of the Flying Cloud, Armstrong Perry
*American Heroes: In and Out of School, Nat Hentoff
Animal Family, Randall Jarrell
Anne of Green Gables, L.M. Montgomery
The Annotated Alice, Martin Gardner (ed.)
Are All The Giants Dead?, Mary Norlon
The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman, Ernest Gaines
Bachelor of Arts, R.K. Narayan
Bears, Pirates and Silver Lace, Anne Fisher
The Best Science Fiction Stories of H.G. Wells, H.G. Wells
The Black Arrow, Robert Louis Stevenson
Caddie Woodlawn, Carol Brink
A Canticle For Leibowitz, Walter Miller
Captains Courageous, Rudyard Kipling
Charlotte's Web, E. B. White
A Child's Christmas In Wales, Dylan Thomas
Chinese Word For Horse: and Other Stories, John Lewis
The Complete Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Anderson, Illustrated by Arthur Ransome
Connie's New Eyes, Bernard Wolf
The Dispossessed, Ursula Le Guin
Dune, Frank Herbert
The Education of Little Tree, Forrest Carter
Emil and The Detectives, Erich Kastner
Famous Ghost Stories, Bennett Cerf (ed.)
The First Honest Book About Lies, Jonni Kincher
A Far-off Place, Laurens van der Post
A Gathering of Days: A New England Girl's Journal, 1830–1832, Joan Blos
Ghost Stories of An Antiquary, Montague R. James
Gnomes, Poortvliet & Huygen
Grimm's Fairy Tales, Jacob & Wilhem Grimm
Harriet The Spy, Louise Fitzhughe
Heidi, Johanna Spy
A High Wind In Jamaica, Richard Hughes
The Hobbit, J. R. R. Tolkien
The Incredible Journey, Sheila Bumford
Just So Stories, Rudyard Kipling
Kidnapped, Robert Louis Steven
Ladder of Angels, Madeleine L'Engle
The Left Hand of Darkness, Ursula Le Guin
The Leopard, Giuseppe de Lampedusa
The Lion, The Witch, and The Wardrobe, C.S. Lewis
The Little Bookroom, Eleanor Farjeon
The Man Who Kept Cigars In His Cap, Jim Heynen
Many Dimensions, Charles Williams
Masquerade, Kit Williams
The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood, Howard Pyle
Mipam, Lama Yongdon
*The Modern Adventures of Robin Hood, Jamie Smith
National Velvet, Enid Bagnold
Otto of The Silver Hand, Howard Pyle
Our Town, Thornton Wilder
Out of The Silent Planet, C.S. Lewis
Oxford Book of Poetry For Children, E. Blishen, ed.
The Phantom Tollbooth, Norton Juster
Pippi Longstocking, Astrid Lindgren
A Pocket Book of Short Stories
Robinson Crusoe, Daniel Defoe
Rocannon's World, Ursula Le Guin
Roller Skates, Ruth Sawyer
Rootabaga Stories, Carl Sandburg
The Secret Garden, France Hodgson Burnett
The Secret of NIMH, Robert O'Brien
Shawno, George Dennison
Sign of the Beaver, Elizabeth Speare
Stalky & Co., Rudyard Kipling
Stickeen, John Muir
A Story Like The Wind, Lars van der Post
Swami & Friends, R.K. Narayan
Through Grandpa’s Eyes, Patricia MacLachlan
The Time Machine, H. G. Wells
Treasure Island, Robert Louis Stevenson
Twelve, Elaine Kittredge
Understood Betsy, Dorothy Fisher
Very Far Away From Anywhere Else, Ursula Le Guin
Walk When The Moon Is Full, Frances Hamerstrom
Winnie-The-Pooh, A.A. Milne
The Word For World Is Forest, Ursula Le Guin
The Yearling, Marjorie K. Rawlings
GADGETS
*Bookplates, Holt Associates Inc.
Hearing Protectors, David Clark Inc.
*Hitmaster Baseball Training System, Bob Doolittle
*Sleep Shades, Sleep Shade Inc.
*Stars and Stories, Lawrence Bangs (Computer program)
HEALTH
Anatomy of An Illness As Perceived By the Patient, Norman Cousins
Caring For Your Own Dead: A Final Act of Love, Lisa Carlson
Children Facing Grief, Janis Loomis Romond
Confessions of A Medical Heretic, Robert Mendelsohn, MD
Dealing Creatively With Death: A Manual of Death Education and Simple Burial, Ernest Morgan
Diet for a New America, John Robbins
Everybody’s Guide to Homeopathic Medicine, Stephen Cummings and Dana Ullman
How To Raise a Healthy Child In Spite of Your Doctor, Robert Mendelsohn, MD
Immunization: The Reality Behind the Myth, Walene James
Love, Medicine, and Miracles, Bernie Siegel, MD
Nontoxic and Natural, Debra Lynn Dadd
*Vaccinations, Mothering Magazine
Vaccines: Are They Really Safe and Effective?, Niel Z. Miller
HISTORY & GEOGRAPHY
Anne Frank: The Diary of A Young Girl, Anne Frank
Black Foremothers, Dorothy Sterling
The Discovery of the Americas, Betsy and Giulio Maestro
EarthSearch: A Kids’ Geography Museum in a Book, John Cassidy
The Erie Canal, Peter Spier
Fifty-Five Men: The Story of The Constitution, Fred Rodell
Galileo’s Daughter: A Historical Memoir of Science, Faith, and Love, Dava Sobel
Giving Up The Gun, Noel Perrin
Goode's World Atlas, Rand McNally
Helen Keller, Stewart and Pollyanne Graff
Hiroshima, John Hersey
Indian America: A Traveler's Companion, Eagle Walking Turtle
Ishi In Two Worlds, Theodora Kroeber
Lincoln: A Photobiography, Russell Freedman
Longitude: The True Story of a Lone Genius Who Solved the Greatest Scientific Problem of His Time, Dava Sobel
The Man Who Planted Hope and Grew Happiness, Jean Giorno
Mapmakers, J. N. Wilford
Mark-It Maps. Reusable outline maps for DIY geography.
Maus: A Survivor’s Tale Part 1 & Part 2, Art Spiegelman
Martin Luther King, Jr., Ed Clayton
Memoirs of A Medieval Woman, Louise Collis
Myths and Legends of The Indians of The Southwest, Dutton & Olin
Native American Testimony, Peter Nabakov, ed.
Number The Stars, Lois Lowry
Our Vanishing Landscape, Eric Sloane
A People’s History of the United States, Howard Zinn
Penguin Atlas of Medieval History, Colin McEvedy
A Reverence For Wood, Eric Sloane
*A Sampler of Lifestyles: Womanhood and Youth in Colonial Lyme, Mary Bakke
Self-Portrait, Trina Schart Hyman
This Is The Way It Used To Be In The Early 1900s, Marjorie K. Lawrence
Unpuzzling Your Past: A Basic Guide to Genealogy, Emily A. Croom
Voices of The Civil War, Milton Meltzer
Women of The West, Cathy Luchetti
HOME & GARDEN
Adventuring With Children, Nan and Kevin Jeffrey
Best Places To Go: A Family Destination Guide, Nan Jeffrey
Cars and How They Go, Joanna Cole
Cash From Square-Foot Gardening, Mel Bartholomew
Drive It Till It Drops, Joe Troise
*Four Season Gardening, Norm Lee
*Guide To Home Energy, Mother Earth News
How To Make Your Car Last Almost Forever, Jack Gillis
*Kids For Sail, Pam and Sam Bendall
New World of Travel, Arthur Frommer
The Complete Buyer’s Guide to the Best Outdoor and Recreation Equipment, Kevin Jeffrey
*Spaces for Children: Learning/Play Environments for Home and School, Peter Bergson
Square-Foot Gardening, Mel Bartholomew
*U.S. and World Map Hardwood Puzzles, Pacific Puzzle Company
The Victory Garden Kids Book, Marjorie Waters
What To Do After You Turn off The TV, Frances Moore Lappe
Whole Foods For The Whole Family, Roberta Johnson (ed.)
HOMESCHOOLING
*An “A” in Life: Famous Homeschoolers, Mac and Nancy Plent
*An Evening with Grace Llewellyn, Holt Associates
And The Children Played, Pat Joudry
And The Skylark Sing With Me: Adventures In Homeschooling and Community-Based Education, David Albert
Anything School Can Do, You Can Do Better, Maire Mullarney
The Art of Education: Reclaiming Your Family, Community, and Self, Linda Dobson
*The Beginner’s Guide to Homeschooling, Patrick Farenga
Child’s Work: Taking Children’s Choices Seriously, Nancy Wallace
*Children Learn At Home, Ro Krivanek
The Complete Home Educator, Mario Pagnoni
*Comprehensive G.E.D. Program, Cambridge
*Constitutional Basis of Homeschooling, John Holt
Deschooling Our Lives, Matt Hern, ed.
Earning Our Own Money: Homeschoolers 13 and Under Tell Their Stories, Susannah Sheffer, ed.
Family Matters: Why Homeschooling Makes Sense, David Guterson
The First Homeschooling Catalog, Jean and Donn Reed
Freedom Challenge: African-American Homeschoolers, Grace Llewellyn, ed.
Hard Times in Paradise: An American Family’s Struggle to Carve Out a Homestead in California’s Redwood Mountains, David and Micki Colfax
Home Education and Constitutional Liberties, John Whitehead & Wendell Bird
The Home School Source Book, Jean and Donn Reed
Homeschooling for Excellence, David and Micki Colfax
*Homeschooling In The News, 1991, Patrick Farenga, ed.
Home Study Opportunities, Laurie M. Carlson
Homeschoolers’ Success Stories: 15 Adults and 12 Young People Share the Impact That Homeschooling Has Made on Their Lives, Linda Dobson
Homeschooling: A Patchwork of Days. Share a Day with 30 Homeschooling Families, Nancy Lande
I Learn Better by Teaching Myself and Still Teaching Ourselves, Agnes Lesitico
*Learning Without a Curriculum, Patrick Farenga
*Living is Learning Curriculum Guides, K to 12, Nancy Plent
*Mother Earth News, #64 & #85
Peterson’s Independent Study Catalog, Peterson Guides
Real Lives: Eleven Teenagers Who Don't Go to School Tell Their Own Stories, Grace Llewellyn, ed.
A Sense of Self: Listening to Homeschooled Adolescent Girls, Susannah Sheffer
Story of A Bill: Legalizing Homeschooling in Pennsylvania, Howard Richman
*Survey of Washington State Homeschoolers, Jon & Wendy Wartes
Taking Charge Through Homeschooling, Larry and Susan Kaseman
*Teen Panel (tape), Holt Associates
Teenage Homeschoolers: College or Not?, Patrick Farenga
The Teenage Liberation Handbook: How To Quit School and Get a Real Life and Education, Grace Llewellyn
Trust The Children: An Activity Guide for Homeschooling and Alternative Learning, Anna Kealoha
*We Learn At Home, Katharine Houk
*Who Does What When, Kate Kerman
Young Children Learning, Barbara Tizard & Martin Hughes
JOHN HOLT
Escape From Childhood: The Needs and Rights of Children
Growing Without Schooling: A Record of a Grassroots Movement, V.1, Issues 1 to 12
Instead of Education: Ways to Help People Do Things Better
Never Too Late: My Musical Autobiography
Related titles:
A Life Worth Living: The Selected Letters of John Holt, Susannah Sheffer, ed.
The Legacy of John Holt: A Man Who Truly Understood, Trusted, and Respected Children, Patrick Farenga and Carlo Ricci, eds.
*Sharing Treasures: Book Reviews by John Holt, Patrick Farenga
LANGUAGES
A Basic Course In American Sign Language, Humphries, Padden, and O’Rourke
*Blanche Neige et les Sept Nains, Walt Disney
Caperucita Roja, Hanna Hutchinson
Cendrillon, Walt Disney
*El Flautista Cantan de Guadalajara, Hanna Hutchinson
The Learnables, Foreign language courses
L'Ile Noir, Herge
La Isla Negra, Herge
Read Japanese Today, Len Walsh
Die Schwarze Insel, Herge
Tintin au Tibet, Herge
Tintin en el Tibet, Herge
Los Tres Osos, Hanna Hutchinson
Les Trois Petits Cochons, Walt Disney
LEARNING DISABILITIES
In Their Own Way, Thomas Armstrong
Learning Denied, Denny Taylor
The Learning Mystique, Gerald Coles
The Magic Feather, Bill & Lori Granger
LITERATURE & HUMOR
A.J. Wentworth, B.A., H.F. Ellis
American Tongue & Cheek, Quinn
The Bridge of San Luis Rey, Thornton Wilder
Country of The Pointed Firs, Sarah Jewett
A Death In The Family, James Agee
Five Stories, Willa Cather
Herland, Charlotte Perkins Gilman
A High Wind In Jamaica, Richard Hughes
I Never Saw Another Butterfly, Hana Volavklova
The Ides of March, Thornton Wilder
I'm Nobody, Who Are You?, Emily Dickinson
The King Must Die, Mary Renault
The Leopard, Giuseppe de Lampedusa
Leaven of Malice, Robertson Davies
Letters of E.B. White, Dorothy Guth (ed.)
The Little Bookroom, Eleanor Farjeon
The Lives of Archy and Mehitabel, Don Marquis
Luisa Domic, George Dennison
A Man For All Seasons, Robert Bolt
Many Dimensions, Charles Williams
The Miracle Worker, William Gibson
One Man's Meat, E.B. White
Orsinian Tales, Ursula Le Guin
The Oxford Book of Poetry For Children, E. Blishen, ed.
Oxford Book of Short Poems, P.J. Kavanagh & J. Michie
The Palm Wine Drinkard, Amos Tutula
Parkinson's Law, C.N. Parkinson
Pocket Book of 0. Henry Stories
A Pocket Book of Short Stories, Edmund Speare (ed.)
Rehearsal's off, George Booth
Robert Frost's Poems, Robert Frost
School Is Hell, Matt Groening
The Second Tree From The Corner, E.B. White
The Tale of Pierrot and Other Stories, George Dennison
Think Good Thoughts About A Pussycat, George Booth
To Kill A Mockingbird, Harper Lee
Well, There's Your Problem, E. Koren
A Zoo In My Luggage, Gerald Durrell
MATH
The Abacus, Jesse Dilson
Aha! Insight, Martin Gardner
The Algebra Survival Guide: A Conversational Guide for the Thoroughly Befuddled, Josh Rappaport
Anchor Math: A Brain Compativle Approach to Teaching Math, Leslie Hart
Arithmetic Made Simple, Sperling and Levison
Card Games for Children, Len Collis
Elementary Algebra, Harold Jacobs
A Teacher’s Guide to Elementary Algebra, Harold Jacobs
The I Hate Math Book, Marilyn Burns
The Lady Or The Tiger? and Other Logic Puzzles, Raymond Smullian
Math By Kids: A Collection of Word Problems Written by Kids for Kids of All Ages, Susan Richman, ed.
The Math Kit: A Three-Dimensional Tour Through Mathematics, Ron Van Der Meer & Bob Gardner
Mathematics, A Human Endeavor: A Textbook for Those Who Think They Don’t Like the Subject, Harold Jacobs
A Teacher’s Guide to Mathematics, A Human Endeavor, Harold Jacobs
Mathematician's Delight, W. W. Sawyer
*Mathplots, Kate Kerman
The Number Devil: A Mathematical Adventure, Hans Magnus Enzensberger
Penrose Tiles To Trapdoor Ciphers, Martin Gardner
Survival Mathematics, Williams & Cohan
MUSIC BOOKS
Acoustic Guitar Guide: Everything You Need to Know to Buy and Maintain a New or Used Guitar, Larry Sandberg
Best Loved Songs of The American People, Denis Agay
Chroma Guitar Method, Howard Roberts
A Coloring Book of Great Composers: Bach to Berlioz, Bellerophon Books
Concise Oxford Dictionary of Music, Michael Kennedy (ed.)
For Children, Vol. 1 & For Children, Vol. 2, Bela Bartok
How To Play the Piano Despite Years of Lessons, Ward Cannel & Fred Marx
Making Music For The Joy of It, Stephanie Judy
Magic Trumpets: The Story of Jazz for Young People, Stephen Longstreet
Mikrokosmos, Vol. 1, Bela Bartok
*Mrs. Stewart Piano Lessons, Phyllis Jansma
Music, Neil Ardley
The Nutcracker, Warren Chappel
*Ocarina, handmade musical instrument by R. Hodgkinson
Peter and The Wolf, Warren Chappel
Piano Handbook, Gregory Pond
Portraits (Progressive Early-Grade Piano Pieces), John Lampkin
Read By Ear: An All-In-One Recorder Book with Suzuki Approach, Richard S. Perry
The Recorder Book, Kenneth Wollitz
Rise Up Singing: The Group Singing Songbook, Peter Blood and Annie Patterson, eds.
Sing For Freedom: The Story of The Civil Rights Movement Through Its Songs, Guy Carawan & Candie Carawan
The Singing Bee, Jane Hart (ed.)
Suzuki Cello School, Vol. 1 & Suzuki Cello School, Vol. 2, Shinichi Suzuki
Suzuki Piano Book I & Suzuki Piano Book 2, Shinichi Suzuki
Suzuki Violin Book I & Suzuki Violin Book 2, Shinichi Suzuki
Women Composers, Carol Plantamura
Women Music Makers: An Introduction to Women Composers, Janet Nichols
World Beat: A Listener's Guide to Contemporary World Music on CD, Peter Spencer
The Young Person's Guide To Playing The Piano, Sidney Harrison
MUSIC RECORDINGS
Christmas Music, Tapiola Children’s Choir
For Children Record, Hungaroton
*For Kids by Kids Tape, The King Bros.
*Homestyle Harmony, The Lester Family
*John Holt and Cello at Home, Holt Associates
*John Payne Saxophone Choir, John Payne
*The King Brothers Sing The King, The King Bros.
Kokkonen 4th Symphony, Finnish Radio Orchestra
Making and Playing Homemade Musical Instruments, Cathy Fink and Marcy Marxer
New Morning For The World/Passion of Martin Luther King, Joseph Schwantner
Platero and I, Ray Sealey
*Respighi/Mahler/Bizet, Boston Youth Symphony Orchestra
*No Covers: King Brothers, King Brothers
Sounds of Finland, Tapiola Children’s Choir
Suzuki Cello School CD, Vol 1 & 2, Alfred
Suzuki Piano School CD, Vol. 1 & V. 2, Alfred
PARENTING
Discipline Without Shouting Or Spanking: Practical Options for Parents of Preschoolers, Jerry Wyckoff & Barbara Undell
The Family Bed, Tine Thevinin
The Heart Has Its Own Reasons, Mary Ann Cahill
Siblings Without Rivalry: How to Help Your Children Live Together So You Can Live Too, Adele Faber and Elaine Mazlish
Three In A Bed: The Benefits of Sleeping with Your Baby, Deborah Jackson
What’s A Smart Woman Like You Doing At Home?, Linda Burton, Janet Dittmer, & Cheri Loveless
PLAY
The Klutz Book of Classic Board Games, Klutz Press
Cooperative Sports & Games Book: Challenge Without Competition, Terry Orlick
The Dancing Puppet Theater, Doreen D’Eath
The Klutz Book of Lego Crazy Action Contraptions, Don Rathjen
The Klutz Book of Magic, John Cassidy & Michael Stroud
Making Theater: Developing Plays with Young People, Herb Kohl
Oh Scrud! (A spelling card game)
The Usborne Big Book of Picture Puzzles, Usborne Books
Puzzles: Old and New: How To Make and Solve Them, Jerry Slocum and Jack Botermans
The Secret Door, Family Pastimes
Quadro Construction Sets, Quadro
REMEMBERING CHILDHOOD
The African Child, Camara Laye
The Book of Small, Emily Carr
*Greenleaf, Connie Bernhardt
My Childhood, Carl Nielsen
SERIES
By L.M. Boston:
By G.K. Chesterton:
By Susan Cooper:
By Herge: The Adventures of Tintin:
The Crab with the Golden Claws
By Ladybird Books:
Read It Yourself Books, Level 1 & Read It Yourself Books, Level 2
By Ursula Le Guin:
By C.S. Lewis:
The Lion, The Witch & The Wardrobe
By Lucinda Landon: Meg Mackintosh Solve-It-Yourself Mysteries
The Missing Babe Ruth Baseball
The Mystery at the Soccer Match
By E. Nesbit:
By Mary Norton:
By Beatrix Potter:
The Tale of the Pie and the Patty Man
By Arthur Ransome
By Glen Rounds:
By J.R.R. Tolkien:
By Laura Ingalls Wilder:
TELEVISION
Four Arguments For The Elimination of Television, Jerry Mander
Unplugging The Plug-In Drug, Marie Winn
TESTS
Complete Guide To Taking Tests, Bernard Feder
How To Beat The S.A.T. and All Standardized Multiple-Choice Tests, Michael Donner
How To Take The S.A.T., Marcia Lawrence
The Mismeasure of Man, Stephen Jay Gould
*Standing Up To The S.A.T., Denise Carty-Bennia/FairTest
Ten Real S.A.T.s, College Board
WORDS & WRITING
Books: From Writer To Reader, Howard Greenfeld
*Children's Writing & GWS, Holt Associates (Tape)
Eight Hands Round: A Patchwork Alphabet, Ann Paul
Families Writing, Peter Stillman
Modern Display Alphabets, Paul Kennedy
On Writing Well, William Zinsser
Oxford Picture Dictionary of American English, E.C. Parnwell
*Responding to Children’s Writing, Susannah Sheffer
Rhyme’s Reason, John Hollander
Scott Foresman Beginning Dictionary, Barnhart Thorndike
The Story of English, R. McCrum, W. Cran, and R. MacNeil
Write Away: A Friendly Guide for Teenage Writers, Peter Stillman
Writing Because We Love To: Homeschoolers At Work, Susannah Sheffer
Write From The Start: Tapping Your Child's Natural Writing Ability, Donald Graves & Virginia Stuart
Writing Down the Bones: Freeing the Writer Within, Natalie Goldberg
WORK & COMMUNITY
Cities and The Wealth of Nations: Principles of Economic Life, Jane Jacobs
Economics As If The Earth Really Mattered: A Catalyst Guide to Socially Conscious Investing, Susan Meeker-Loury
The Economy of Cities, Jane Jacobs
Ethical Investing, Domini & Kinde
Food First: Beyond the Myth of Scarcity, Frances Moore Lappe & Joseph Collins
Good Work, E. F. Schumacher
Good Works: A Guide To Careers In Social Change, Jessica Cowan
Growing A Business, Paul Hawken
*Growing A Business-Raising A Family: Ideas and Inspiration for the Work-At-Home Parent, Jan & Charlie Fletcher
In Search of Excellence, Waterman & Peters
Muddling Towards Frugality, Warren Johnson
Of Cradles & Careers: A Guide to Reshaping Your Job to Include a Baby in Your Life, Kaye Lowman
Paper Money, Adam Smith
Shadow Work, Ivan Illich
Small Is Beautiful: Economics as if People Mattered, E.F. Schumacher
Steady State Economics, Herman Daly
Theory Z: How American Business Can Meet the Japanese Challenge, W. Ouchi
Working: People Talk About What They Do All Day and How They Feel About What They Do, Studs Terkel
YOUNG CHILDREN
Amos and Boris, William Steig
Anno's Counting Book, Mitsumasa Anno
As I Was Crossing Boston Common, Norma Farber
A Baby Sister For Frances, Russell Hoban
The Bear That Wasn't, Frank Tashlin
The Bear's Toothache, David McPhail
Bedtime for Frances, Russel Hoban
Before You Were Three: How You Began to Walk, Talk, Explore and Have Feelings, Harris & Levy
Benjamin Franklin, lngri d'Aulaire & Edgar Parin
A Birthday For Frances, Russell Hoban
Blueberries For Sal, Robert McCloskey
Bread and Jam For Frances, Russell Hoban
Chicken Soup With Rice: A Book of Months, Maurice Sendak
Daniel's Duck, Clyde Bulla
Ellen's Lion, Crocket Johnson
Everyone Knows What A Dragon Looks Like, Jay Williams
Father Gander's Nursery Rhymes: The Equal Rhymes Amendment, Doug Larde
Henry Bear's Park, David McPhail
A House Is A House For Me, Mary Ann Hobemum
Lifetimes: The Beautiful Way to Explain Death to Children, Bryan Mellonie
Little Bear, Else Miharik
A Little Schubert, M.B. Goffstein
Madeline, Ludwig Bemelmans
The Maggie B, Iren Haas
Many Moons, James Thurber
The Mysterious Tadpole, Steven Kellogg
Now One Foot, Now The Other, Tomie de Paola
One Morning In Maine, Robert McCloskey
The Philharmonic Gets Dressed, Karla Kuski
Richard Scarry's Best First Book Ever, Richard Scarry
The Story of Ferdinand, Munro Leaf
The Tenth Good Thing About Barney, Judith Viorst
Through Grandpa's Eyes, Patricia MacLachlan
The Train, David McPhail
The Ugly Duckling, Lorinda Bryan Cauley
The Village Tree, Taro Yashima
What Do People Do All Day?, Richard Scarry